I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Name: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Penguin Random House South Africa
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Maya Angelou, Adjoa Andoh, Cecilia Noble, Full Cast, Indie Gjesdal, Pippa Bennett-Warner

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A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Maya Angelou's poignant, powerful autobiography, starring Adjoa Andoh, Indie Gjesdal and Pippa Bennett-Warner.

Abandoned by their parents, Maya and her older brother Bailey are sent to live with their grandmother and uncle in the small Southern town of Stamps in Arkansas. Struggling with rejection, they endure the prejudice of their white neighbours and suffer several racist incidents.

One day, their father unexpectedly returns and takes the children to live with their mother in St Louis, Missouri. Aged only eight, Maya is abused by her mother's boyfriend, an experience that haunts her for a lifetime. Filled with guilt and shame, she refuses to speak to anyone except Bailey - until she meets Mrs Bertha Flowers, who...

About the Author

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, and Mother. Maya Angelou died in 2014.

Adjoa Andoh

One of Britain’s leading actors, Adjoa Andoh has won global acclaim as Lady Danbury in Netflix’s most popular show yet, Bridgerton—a role that saw her nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress at the NAACP Image Awards. Adjoa is also set to make waves later this year, when she takes on the role of Nenneke in the hit Netflix fantasy drama, The Witcher. On the small screen in 2020 she joined the cast of BBC1’s Silent Witness as guest lead, playing tough cop DI Nina Rosen. And at the end of 2019, she was spellbinding as Dr. Isaccs in the psychological thriller Fractured. Adjoa is a renowned stage actor, celebrated for lead roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company, The National Theatre, and the iconic Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, where in 2019 she conceived, co-directed and played Richard II, in the UK’s first all-women-of-color production. She made her Hollywood debut in 2009, starring alongside Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela’s Chief of Staff, Brenda Mazibuko, in Clint Eastwood’s biographical sports film Invictus. The undisputed queen of audio and radio drama, she has been a BBC radio actor for more than 30 years and is an award-winning narrator of more than 150 audiobooks. Adjoa Andoh is an Associate Artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Senior Associate Artist at The Bush Theatre and a Fairtrade Ambassador.

Cecilia Noble

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Full Cast

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Indie Gjesdal

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Pippa Bennett-Warner

Pippa Bennett-Warner is a classically trained and established theater actress who has appeared at the National Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, and the Royal Court Theatre. Pippa’s film and television credits include Wakefield, Sick Note, The Smoke, The Secrets, The Trials of Jimmy Rose, and River.